Brian Penn

About

Brian Penn is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. He has a BS in psychology, which he finds useful while composing interesting and authentic characters. He currently resides in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and three children, who...

Books

The Wall: Book 1 in The Wall Trilogy

“I’M STILL THINKING ABOUT THE ENDING OF THIS BOOK, AND WOW, I NEED BOOK TWO ASAP.” - Amazon Review

“THIS WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES. SOMEONE NEEDS TO PICK IT UP.” - Amazon Review

Escape to a world divided by a wall, where the promise of eternal life comes at a deadly cost. In the year 2099, the United States is torn apart by...

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The Fall: Book 2 in The Wall Trilogy

“TWISTS AND TURNS. HUNGER GAMES? RED RISING? GLADIATOR? THIS SERIES HAS A BIT OF EACH.” - Amazon Review

“WOW! I JUST FINISHED THE FALL - IT’S EVEN BETTER THAN THE WALL - I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE THIRD BOOK TO COME OUT. SO MUCH ACTION - IT READS LIKE A MOVIE THAT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.” - Amazon Review

Asher has returned. After a decade of relative...

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The Rise: Book 3 in The Wall Trilogy

Will Cephas escape Eden? Can Kenan and The Defiance make it out of NORAD alive? Is Asher capable of defeating Apex? Will Sarai conquer her father and dismantle The Wall once and for all? Can Silas be saved? All these questions and more are answered in the final, action-packed installment of The Wall Trilogy--where an all new and even deadlier...

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Other Writing

Spec Script: Carbon

Logline: A secret Government crime-solving division clones America’s most wanted terrorist to be able to get into his mind and his memories to predict his future actions while being teamed up with the CIA Agent who has been hunting him for years.

Nicholl Screenwriting semi-finalist.

Status: Available.

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Spec Script: One Minute to Midnight

Logline: An action thriller in the vein of THE ROCK about an ex-CIA analyst turned Cold War professor who is recruited by the Pentagon and teamed with a former Russian spy and long-time federal prisoner to track down nuclear bombs buried on US soil during the Cold War before a splinter faction of KGB terrorists do.

Nicholl Screenwriting Quarter-Finalist.

Status: Available.

Spec Script: Terminal

Logline: When a retired black-ops Agent is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he is recruited by an unknown wing of the CIA to go on one last suicide mission.But once he learns his diagnosis was false, he must uncover a deeper conspiracy before he is found by the men who hired him.

Status: Available.

Praise

". . . the best book in the dystopian genre since The Hunger Games."

– Micah Giordonela for CLCB

"Packed with heart-pounding action, deadly danger, puzzling mysteries, and even a poignant romance, The Wall is a thrilling young adult dystopian novel that will leave readers anxious for more."

– Erin Britton, Los Angeles Book Review

"Grim, gripping, and entertaining. . . . A young man gets caught up in a terrifying rebellion in Penn's engrossing dystopian tale. . . . Penn's dark vision of the future is well crafted. . . . A thorough page-turner."

– The Prairies Book Review